Method of making shoes



Nov. 10, 1 M. H. BAUDIENDISTEL METHOD OF MAKING SHOES Filed Nov. 6, 1940 2 Sheets-Sheet l 1942- M. H. IBAUDENDISTEL 2,301,608

METHOD OF MAKING SHOES Filed Nov. 6, 1940 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Nov. 10, 1942 UNIT-ED PATENT QFF-I*CE- fiernonor .snoss;

n: eaiidendi'sti, st. mus, Mo. imitation-manta s, 1940, Serial No. 364,482 serials. (c1. '1 2-'-1i2 This invention relates to a: method of T'making shoes;

object of 'thisinvention is-x-to produce a shoe of -a type which can-b'e economically-manufakztured. and to provide a process" for making shoes whichwill be Y economical; In. particular an object ofrithesinvention is to-provide a shoe and method 'ofmaking-the same which will eliminate tl'ie lasting 'ot Fthe *forepart tot the shoe.

The invention comprises the elements" and steps with their combinations *specificallypointed out in the appended 'claimswhile a :pre'ferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated-iinnthe accompanying" drawings andpresentlyv described.

Fig." l is a perspectivewiew of 'ar's'hoe made by andiembodying the present 1 invention Fig; 2, illustrates onestep'inthe vprocessand shows" a midsole: with: 8.2- vamp strip attached thereto; l

Fig; 3 shows "a :closedwshoe upperrcompl'ementary to the assemblysshownxinzFig.2;:

Fig. 4 is'an inverted :.plan:view of the 1 shoe before the outsole is vattached;

Fig.1 5iis1a section.on1 line 15-5,*Fig. 1;

Fig. 6 is a section on;liner6'-6; Fig.1; and 1 Fig.7 is .axperspective view eta-modification.

By the present process a shoe is produced without lasting; except at the heel portion. A Vamp strip I is first secured to a midsole 2 about the forepart of the midsole and then a closed upper is attached to the upper edge of the strip at the forepart of the shoe and the heel portion of the upper is turned or lasted over the eke of the midsole as if it were an insole in a conventional manner. The term midsole is used to designatethe sole member 2 although this member performs in part at least the functions of an insole.

As illustrated in the drawings, the midsole 2 has its forepart corresponding, as it may be said, to a conventional outsole pattern while the heel portion conforms to a conventional insole pattern. Fig. 2 shows the completion of the first step in assembling the shoe, that in which the strip I forming a part of the upper is attached to the midsole. As specifically shown this attachment is made by a seam 3 with the bottom marginal edge of the strip turned inwardly, the

seam being spaced well away from the edge of the midsole.

Fig. 3 shows a closed shoe upper assembled and in condition to be attached to the midsole and strip shown in Fig. 2. This upper has a piece 4 which includes integrally a vamp portion vhas been attachedito the strip and midsole, and

especially will cover $1185 junction between the endisof' the strip: and the upper; The bottom edgeiof the extension-=5; in: theicompleted shoe,

' reaches approximately to the'bottom'of the shoe,

as shown'in Fig. 5.

After :the parts shown in Fig.2 andFig. 3 have been completed respectively the closed'fupper' is thentattachedr to-the strip :1 by z a" seam- 1. The marginal edgeof' thefheel portion is brought J overthesedg'e of the midsole and secured lay-tacks Bin :a" conventional :manner; In this operation aulastimay be used; or merely a. heel form may be employed-instead... Beforelasting theheel portion :avfiber reinforcement 9 is preferablyinsertedsand a shank stiffener l 0 "maybe attached. Theaprojectirig portion-,6 of the lining is. cemented-rate the inner face of the strip I and a seam H is run=to secure thelining to the strip. Preferably this seamyis run just below the scam I so that in actual practice it is obscure.

After thesev operations have been completed the shoe is ready for bottoming, and this may be done in any conventional manner. As specifically shown an outsole member I2 is attached by a seam l3 which is run around the exposed marginal portion of the midsole throughout the forepart of the shoe while the heel portion is secured by tacks. In the construction shown in Fig. 1, Fig. 5 and Fig. 6, the outsole member 12 is hard rubber suitable for attaching a crepe rubber sole H, in a manner which is well known in the art. For the purpose of providing attaching means at the heel, when a rubber sole is to be applied, a heel strip I5 is attached to the shoe and particularly to the sole member 2 by tacks and the outsole member I2 is attached to the strip by a seam IE. This seam, of course, may be a continuation of the seam [3.

Fig. '7 shows a shoe of the same general character as Fig. 1, but with the sole and heel of leather. In this case an outsole I1 is attached to the midsole 2 in part by a seam l8 and in the same manner as previously described in connection with Fig. 1, while a heel I9 is attached in any conventional manner.

A conventional sock liner 20, shown in Figs. and 6, may be inserted after the shoe has been bottomed,

In the construction specifically illustrated the strip l is secured to the upper side of the sole member 2. It may be understood, however, that the sole member 2 may be made throughout to the usual insole pattern and that the strip I may have its marginal edge stitched to the underside .of said sole member, in which, case the outsole may be attached by the'McKay process, by cementing, or by any one of several other known methods.

Various changes may be made in the details of construction, within the scope of the appended claims, Without departing from the spirit of this.

invention.

I claim:

1. The method of making a shoe comprising securing a separate vamp strip about'the forepart of a midsole by stitching an inturned bottom edge of the strip to the midsole, constructing a closed upper with its forepart abbreviated to the extent that it is completed by the addition of the vamp strip, securing said closed upper to the strip by stitching the lower. edge ofthe upper to the upper edge of the strip, turning the margin of the heel portion of the upper over the edge of the heel portion of the midsole, and

attaching an outsole .to the midsole with. the.

said margin therebetween.

2. A method of making a shoecomprising securing a separate vamp strip about the forepart of a midsole by stitching an inturned bottom edge of the strip to the midsole, constructing a closed upper with its forepart abbreviated to the extent that it is completed bythe addition of the vamp strip and having a lining extending below the abbreviated portion in a position to overlap the ends of said strip, securing the closed upper to the strip by stitching the lower edge of the upper to the upper edge of the strip and bringing the margin of the. heel portion over the edge of the heel portion of the midsole, fastening the said extended portion of the lining down upon the strip to cover the junction between the end of the strip and the adjacent portion of the upper, and attaching an outsole'to the midsole with the said margin therebetween.

3. The method of making a shoe comprising forming a midsole to a conventional outsole pattern except at the heel where it is formed to a conventional insole pattern, securing a separate vamp strip about the forepart of the insole spaced inwardly from the margin of the insole by stitching through the insole and a bottom margin of the strip, securing a closed upper to the strip by stitching the lower edge of the upper to the upper edge of the strip, turning the margin of the heel portion of the upp r over the edge of the heel portion of the insole, securing the said margin thereto, and attaching an outsole to the insole, in part by stitching through the outsole and the marginal portion of the insole outwardly from the vamp strip, with the margin of the heel portion of the upper between the insole and the '130 the upper-edge of the strip, thereby forming the entireqshoe except the heel portion without the use of "a last, turningthe'margin of the heel portion of the upset over the edge of the heel portion of the insole; securing the said margin thereto,-anol attaching an"outso1e;zto the, insole with the said margin therebetweem -5. The method oiaiforming a shoe; comprising securing a separate continuous vamp stripentirely about theforepartof a sole member forwardly of the location of the heel breast by fas- -.-.tening a bottom edge of the strip to said sole member, jconstructing a: closed shoe upper with its for-epartabbreviated-- to thQweXtent that it is :completed by the addition oil the vamp strip,

securing said abbreviated upper to the upper edge of the strip, thereby forming the-entire shoe except the heel portion without the use of a last, turning the-margin'of the heel portion of the upper over the edge" of the heel portion "of the said sole member, securing the said margin thereto, and attaching an outsole to said sole member with the said margin therebetvveen.

MATHIAS H. YBAUDENDISTEL. 

